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Years on record: 1983–2026
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March 29, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE

Lowlands Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREAS E CONVEYOR ON HWM 114 WHILE MINING. HIS LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN GRIPPER ASSY AND POWERHEAD AND WAS SMASHED IN HYDRAULIC CYLINDER. NO BROKEN BONES, CRUSHED INJU TO LEFT FOOT AND P UNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT FOOT REQUIRING STITCHES

July 14, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Struck by falling object

DONALD JUSTICE WAS STANDING 8 TO 10 FEET FROM THE MACHINE ROCKS WERE DUMPED OVER THE SPOIL PILE BY AN END DUMP MR JUSTICE WAS STRUCK BY ROCKS THAT WERE BUSTED WHEN THEY WERE DUMPED MR JUSTICE WAS STRUCK BY ROCK IN THE LEG ARM AND BACK

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